WEEE Certification

Details
I. Introduction to Certification
WEEE stands for Waste Electrical andElectronic Equipment Directive.
Producers of electronic and electrical equipment circulating in the EU market must legally assume the responsibility of paying for the recycling of scrapped products. Meanwhile, each member state of the EU is obligated to formulate its own recycling plan for electronic and electrical products and establish relevant supporting recycling facilities, so that the end users of electronic and electrical products can conveniently and free of charge dispose of scrapped equipment.
Ii. Certification Mark
Iii. Applicable Regions
The 27 member states of the European Union: The United Kingdom (which left the European Union in 2016), France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Cyprus, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Iv. Product Scope
Refrigeration and heating equipment, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers
2. Screens or devices with screens larger than 100 square centimeters; Such as televisions, advertising screens, medical devices
3. Lighting equipment; For example: table lamps, LED lights
4. Large-scale electronic and electrical equipment; For example: sports equipment, communication equipment
5. Small electronic and electrical equipment; For example: LED flashlights, LED light strips, wake-up lights, makeup mirrors, cameras, electronic alarm clocks, electronic toys, adapters, kitchen electronic scales, drones, pet electronic products, tire pressure gauges, wireless chargers, travel chargers, data cables, balance scooters, electric mosquito swatters, monitors, headphones, night lights, curling irons, electric toothbrushes, electric shavers, vacuum cleaners, mosquito-repellent lamps Bluetooth thermometer
6. Small communication equipment; For example: mobile phones, navigation devices
7. For enterprises and all cross-border sellers providing or selling electronic products in Germany (including Amazon, eBay), etc.
V. Test Items
The recycling rate of materials used in electronic and electrical products
Product Categories |
Minimum recovery rate |
Minimum reuse rate | Common Products |
Temperature exchange equipment |
80% |
85% |
Refrigerators, air conditioning equipment, dehumidification equipment, heat pumps, etc. |
Screen, monitor, device containing a screen with a surface area larger than 100 square centimeters |
70% |
80% |
Screens, televisions, LCD photo frames, monitors, laptops, etc. |
Lamps |
80% |
无 |
Fluorescent lamps, sodium lamps, leds, etc. |
Large equipment (any external dimensions exceeding 50 centimeters) |
80% |
85% |
Washing machines, dishwashers, copiers, large medical equipment, photovoltaic panels, etc |
Small equipment (external dimensions not exceeding 50 centimeters) |
55% |
75% |
Vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, clocks, radios, cameras, sports equipment, smoke detectors, small medical devices, etc |
Small IT and telecommunications equipment (external dimensions not exceeding 50 centimeters) |
55% |
75% |
Mobile phones, pocket calculators, routers, personal computers, printers, telephones, etc. |
Vi. Required Documents
Application Form
2.BOM
3. Sample
Vii. Certification Process
1. Fill out the service application form;
2. Sign the contract and make payment
3. Send samples;
3. Sample testing;
4. Issue reports.
Viii. Certification Cycle and Validity Period
There is no validity period limit. The certificate report needs to be updated at any time in accordance with the content of the instructions.
Eu WEEE certification |
· Test content: Chemistry · Applicable products: · Whether mandatory: Yes/No · Factory inspection: Yes/No · Local agent: Yes/No · Plug type: * standard /** type · Voltage requirement: **V · Application Method: Direct application; Application for Certificate Transfer (** Certificates can be transferred, ** reports can be transferred · Certificate validity period: ** years/long-term (Standard replacement requires re-application) · Other supplements: |